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Mixed Race
Early Bird

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Early Bird

Release date: 26th September 2010

From Mixed RaceTrack 33:30

Lyrics

Early Bird

You know the squirl
I move just like one
I am the early bird
There's no stress
'Cause I'm the best
I don't care what you heard

You know the squirl
I move just like one
I am the early bird
There's no stress
'Cause I'm the best
I don't care what you heard

When I was a young kid
I had a greed
I wanted money and weed
Took what I need

A mixed race boy
They call me a bread
Mixed up boy
I was angry indeed

Had the first one in need
I needed to feed
My friends hurt people
Then make them bleed
That's what they did
To get what they need
I'm too hot
Waiting for god
Guns on my tele
Guns on my celly
You show me a gun
Alex
Prison is smelly
Less hustle and bustle
But the time for the hustle
If people see hustlin'
They try muscle in'

You know the squirl
I move just like one
I am the early brid
There's no stress
'Cause I'm the best
I don't care what you heard

You know the squirl
I move just like one
I am the early brid
There's no stress
'Cause I'm the best
I don't care what you heard

When I was a young kid
I had a greed
I wanted money and weed
Took what I need

A mixed race boy
They call me a bread
Mixed up boy
I was angry indeed

I had the first for a need
I needed to feed
My friends hurt people
They made me bleed
That's what they did
To get what they need
I'm find too hot
Waiting on god
Guns on my tele
Guns on my celly
You show me a gun
Alex
Prison is smelly
Less hustle and bustle
But the time for the hustle
The time for the hustle
If People see hustlin'
They try muscle in'

You know the squirl
I move just like one
I am the early brid
There's no stress
'Cause I'm the best
I don't care what you heard

You know the squirl
I move just like one
I am the early brid
There's no stress
'Cause I'm the best
I don't care what you heard

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

Track details

From Mixed Race

3:302010

Listen

Album

27th September 2010

Track number

3

Release year

2010

1Every Day
2:25
2UK Jamaican
2:43
3Early Bird
3:30
4Ghetto Stars
3:28

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